The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables c4.s6.1

c4.s6.1

The texts in standardized editions and corcordances are based upon the subjective judgements of individual scholars, and they do not display all the intricacies of the originals. Moreover, they contain numerous admittedly doubtful readings. Objective photographic documentation of the original inscriptions thus is a necessary complement to such textual studies. Photographs of the original objects are equally indispensable tools for the historians of art and religion studying the iconographic motifs and for archaeologists engaged in a comparative study of the objects. In short, there is no replacement for good photographs of all the Indus seals and inscriptions.